linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.9

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Message-ID: <15e3cf4e-f8d3-4706-b667-2575659b5552@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:10:41 +0800
From: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Joonsoo Kim
 <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
 Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
 Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
 Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.9

On 2024/3/13 11:54, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 02:55, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> wrote:
>>
>>       Also deprecate SLAB_MEM_SPREAD which was only
>>   used by SLAB, so it's a no-op since SLAB removal. Assign it an explicit zero
>>   value.  The removals of the flag usage are handled independently in the
>>   respective subsystems, with a final removal of any leftover usage planned
>>   for the next release.
> 
> I already had the patch ready to go:
> 
>     https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wji0u+OOtmAOD-5JV3SXcRJF___k_+8XNKmak0yd5vW1Q@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> so I just did a "git stash apply" and got rid of the final stragglers.
> No need to have various random maintainers have to worry about a flag
> that hasn't had any meaning since 6.7, and very little before that
> either.

Great! It's better. Thanks for doing this.